Our original itinerary called for us to leave Anegada the next day,
after only one night, and sail back to
the northeast edge of Tortola. But we just couldn't. After
doing some calculations, we decided we
could make it all the way to Jost Van Dyke the following day, but it
would be a _very_ long sail. But
it seemed worth it, if we could stay on Anegada for an extra day.
So we did. After breakfasting and
sunblocking, we dinghied ahore, this time at Anegada Reef Hotel, to get
a cab to Loblolly Bay, another
beach that was supposed to be beautiful. Unforunately, there was
a slight snag ashore...apparently each
Wednesday a power boat crosses from Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor, bringing
around 70 people across
for the day. That is a lot of people on Anegada, and they all
need taxis, and they all are going to Loblolly
Bay. So we had a nice long wait for a our turn in a taxi, and
eventually we crammed with some of the
daytrippers into an overstuffed open top modified pickup truck for the
ride. Fortunately, the driver told me
that Loblolly would be rediculously crowded, and recommended that
instead we go to Flash Of Beauty, a
beach on East Loblolly Bay, not far from where the masses were going,
but far enough to be much more
peaceful. After being assured they had a beach bar and restaurant
and great snorkling, we followed his
suggestion. He dropped us off on the way, took the crowds off to
Loblolly, and we were extremely happy.
